Hammer



T. S. HOSE.

HAMMER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.26. 1920.

1,362,797. f Patented Dec. 21, 1920.

i @wn/ILM UNITED srA'ri-:s

,PATENT OFFICE.

TIT'US S. HGSE, 0F LITTLE FALL-S, NEW YORK.

' HAMMER.

Speoication of Letters Patent. Patented Dea 21, 1920.

Application led April 26, 1920. Serial N0. 376,625.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Trrus S. HosE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Little Falls, in the county of Herkimer and l a striking end or` portion and at the opposite side of the handle with a nail-pullngv claw having a tapering slot to engage the head end of a nail for pulling the same.

The object of the invention is to adapt the hammer, by means of an exceedingly simple and inexpensive improvement or' change in the hammer head, for use as a convenient and ecient tool for splicing orV joining wires or mending wire fences. In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hammer illustrating the use of the same for joining the ends of two wires.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the hammer head.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of the hammer showing the head partly in section.

The hammer is constructed like the ordinary nail or claw hammer except that the neck of the striking'portion of the head is provided with a hole extending through the same in a direction lengthwise, or substantially lengthwise, of the hammer, and in which hole a wire is adapted to be inserted and secured.

10 represents the metal head of the hammer and 11 the handle which, as usual, is preferably made of wood and secured in a socket in the head between the ends thereof,

the head being preferably provided with an adz-eye socket having a projecting'por- .tion 12 which embraces the handle for a claw, said striking end and claw being disposed at opposite sides of the handle socket.

The claw 1s preferably of the usual curved Y, r

handle, and a head having a neck portion wedge shape with a tapering, sharp-edged slot to receive the head end of pulling the latter.. 15 is the wire-receiving hole in the strik- 1ng end or portion of the'hammer head. This khole 1s preferably round and drilled through the neck of the striking end, and extends lengthwise of the hammer or substantlally parallel with the handle socket. This hole is large enough for the free passage through the same of a barbed or other w1re, such as used in the construction of fences or other wire structures, but is not large enough to appreciably weaken the head. The hole does not in anywise interfere wlth the ordinary use of the tool as a hammer. When using the hammer for splicing the ends cfav fence wire, or joining the ends of two w1resa loop 16 is formed at the end of one of the wires 17 andthe end'of the other wire 18 is passed through the` loop. This kend- `of the wire 18 is then` inserted through the wire hole 15 in the hammer and 1s secured by bending the end of the wire or twisting it one or more turns around the neck ofthe hammer. Then. the wire 18 is drawn as tight as possible through the loop 16 by pulling on the hammer, and the forked claw is placed so as to straddle the body portion of the wire 18, as shown in Fig. 1. The tapering or wedge-shaped slot of the claw will bite the wire and serve as a fula nail for crum for the hammer so that 'by pushing j the end of the hammer handle downwardly or toward the wire 18, the end ofthe wire 18 will be drawn taut through the loop 16. The end of the wire 18 can then be secured by turning the hammer so as to twist the end about the body of the wire 18, after which the end of the wire is disengaged from the wire hole 15 in the hammer.

Since the wire hole 15 extends through the neck substantially midway. betweenthe sides of the hammer head and substantially lengthwise of the hammer, the strain incident to tightening the wire is placed centrally on the hammer, or in the plane and a forked claw extending to opposite sides of the axis of the handle, said head having a hole for the reception of a Wire exforked claw extending from one side thereof, and a neck portion extending from the other side of said head, and a handle-receiving socket projecting from said head between said claw and neck portions, said neck portion having a, diametrically disposed .hole therethrough extending in e direction substantially lengthwise of the axis of said socket.

Witness my hand this 19th day of April, 1920.

TITUS S. HOSE.

Witnesses:

HARVEY P. SHARP, E. S. VAN VALKENBURG. 

